When Light Overcomes Darkness
Tears were flowing from her eyes continuously. I can see her cry. I can see her sob. But if there's one thing I want to see but I can't, I never see her curse the name of the boy that caused her sufferings. I always thought … is love really like that, or is it only for the two of us. Why do two separate hearts have to be tested hardly? Why do we have to be separated? I just cannot understand. No matter how hard I try, I guess I may never understand why I cannot suffer alone. She wasn't supposed to be involved. But without her … then I have no reason to go on.
Dr. Agasa was sitting beside Ran trying to calm her down. If Shinichi really lost his memory as the result of returning back to his normal self, shouldn't he at least remember the girl he treasured the most in the world? Why does two hearts have to be tested that much? Why the two of them? Does it really have to be them?
So many questions remained unanswered. But as long as he is alive, that girl would never be sad. Even if it breaks her heart to see him but not to be able to treat him the way she could in the past, it's worth to see the one she cares for … alive.
"Ran, why not try to go there and see if he'll recognize you?" Dr. Agasa said as he tapped the shoulder of the confused girl wearing a pink blouse and a white skirt.
Ran smiled and tried to take a deep breathe, hoping that everything will be fine, just like the private detective promised her before. She knocked and heard a soft reply.
"Come in."
"Shinichi?" Ran asked with the softest tone she could make. Wondering if he recognized her or not, she stood next to his bed.
"Are you feeling any better now? You look sad."
"I still have no idea…of what happened. But when people who claimed to be my friends and relatives came, I started feeling much better." That's what the young man said with a smile.
The girl couldn't help it, but to feel like wanting to cry. She sat next to the young man and hugged him like comforting a kid who lost his ice cream. Instead of acting surprised and confused, the young man replied…
"Why did you come only now…Ran?"
"Shinichi? Does that mean…does that mean you remember a little part of your past? Do you recognize who I am?" Ran asked as her face started to be filled with hope and an expression of happiness was seen on her face.
"Ran…Ran…Ran." The young boy stared at her wiping her tears with his left hand.
"I've been thinking of a very nostalgic feeling inside of me. It makes me feel like wanting to protect someone…someone I knew from the bottom of my soul. Then you came, and a voice shouted your name all of a sudden. I finally realized. All were clear now, that the most important in this world … was the girl who's with me now."
I almost see her fainted. It's a good thing I was able to catch her before she hit the floor. I was happy to be there to hear her sufferings, to help ease them out, in the form that she misses the most. Simply because back then, the least I can do for her… is to care for her even if she doesn't have any idea that I was actually there, that I will never leave her…that I have always been there for her.
In the darkest of times, I wonder, why dreams actually waited that long before they happen. Yet no matter what, I would never feel any better than being myself. Finally, after a series of cases one after the other, the long lost mystery freak who have caused her cries and sadness have now come to make things up to her.
"Shinichi…don't you realize the essence of life? After a series of hard times, God keeps on giving us more reasons to keep us living and believing in Him, in our friends, in ourselves, and in the one we love. People fight, but no matter what they do, they cannot hide the truth. Humans do fight sometimes, but they cannot stop loving each other, even the very one they hate. That's what makes them humans." A very familiar voice he always wanted to hear speaks out.
"Guess that's right. Even logic sometimes fails. But faith ad love, keeps on making things, even the hardest possibilities right."
"Shinichi! Shinichi! Wake up you freak!" Ran cried as she pushes and pulls the young detective who just gained consciousness.
"Hey! Cut that off you silly girl! Are you trying to kill me or what!" Shinichi said with half-moon eyes.
Ran stopped as she heard the voice she misses the most. She stopped crying and once again pulled the young detective. But this time, not to push him, but to hug him as tight as she can. "At last. At long last, you're back."
Shinichi, hearing those words, cannot do anything. His heart beats faster. His mind was all exhausted. But one thing's for sure. He likes himself back. He likes what's happening now to his life. He likes seeing the very person he treasured the most smiling right in front of him.
Author's Note: I sincerely thank you for spending some time reading my works. Please, I admit that I am only a beginner in writing fan fictions, but please bear with me. Please also leave your comments for me to know what you think about it. Once again, thank you and God bless you.